US DRAMA The Good Wife is reportedly set to be renewed for an eighth season despite news that its creators, Robert and Michelle King, have quit as showrunners.

The husband and wife duo made no secret of their "seven-year plan" for the Julianna Margulies-fronted awards magnet, but it seems network bosses at CBS are keen to keep the show alive after they depart.

The rumours have infuriated many of its loyal fans, who have voiced concerns that it may be time to bring it to an end on a high.

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"The bottom line is CBS is trying to make deals for an eighth season," Robert told TV Line. "So we would be there in a supervisory role but the storytelling we have will finish in the seventh year. That doesn’t mean we’re putting Alicia [Florrick, played by Margulies] in her grave, because you couldn’t do an eighth season after that.

"But to our minds, we have always written with the idea we could end this season a certain way so that it would make it a satisfactory [conclusion to the] series. But we don't own it. But we understand completely CBS' interest in it."